Pines Seeks Help To Build Bicycle Path

PEMBROKE PINES -- Century Village residents who want to pedal to the grocery store also want a bike path.

They may get it if city and Broward County officials work out plans for the path on Pines Boulevard.

Mayor Charles Flanagan received numerous requests from residents of Century Village who want to bicycle from the condominium complex to a shopping center southwest of Flamingo Road and Pines Boulevard.

The primary obstacle now is money, County Commission Chairman Howard Forman said.

``The land is there, but we don`t have money for it,`` Forman said. ``It`s a state road, but the Department of Transportation didn`t have any money available either.``

Residents want the path on the south side of Pines Boulevard from Southwest 136th Avenue to Flamingo Road.

The proposed path is not on the list of those to be paid for under the county`s proposed budget for the next year, Forman said.

County Engineer Henry Cook said the path would cost between $40,000 and $50,000, Forman said. He said he would propose that the county and Pembroke Pines split the cost of the bike path.